PICTURES AND PLAYS

Maoriland Worker, Volume 10, Issue 421, 2 April 1919, Page 7

PICTURES AND PLAYS

Jua<? Eividge i≤ star of the Worid drama. "TJae Power and tut Glory." sow snowing' at ibe Empress, and i< supported l>y Madge Evans and Frank Mayo. The story is one with a strona heart interest and a thrilling conclusion, while the toucues of pathos am: beauty make it a very delightful screen play. The story tells of tat manner in which, .a beautiful; young girl, who lias been brought up in tb< mountains in tue xaost abject poverty goes down to a mill town to get a. jol so that she can pay oti: some of tut debts which the family owes, and alsi get some new clothes and suen like She succeeds in tuis respect, and, it addition, she meets the wealthy youns son of the mill owner. Romance thei entere net , life aud with it various trials; doubts, adventures, and through It she has to face the scandal of. seasips who gee evil in everything. Th< ending is a happy one and the s«pporting ca3t ig strong. An exciting and unusual plot char acterises the Tringle play "Alias Mary Brown," which is now showing at Everybody's Theatre. P»uiin< Stark takes the leading part, -witl Casson Furguseon a close.second, am the love interest in which these tw< delightful screen celebrities take th< lead ia very pleasing. The story tells of a young man -whose father's deait occurs and leaves him pemiiless owing to the \mserupulous action o three trustees. Embittered, he sets ou to be revenged upon the three men re B;ponstble for his poverty. His meth ods are original, and in tae xaeaatiow he rescues a charaiag girl from •* scoiuidrei who has misled her. Thf action is rapid, and the interest* increases throuinout, while the story is excellently constructed. Tbe produc tion ia first^clasa.. Those who remember the fascinat ins screen-drama 'Tess of tue Stqrn Oolintry." • will welcome the sequel i< it. which is entitled "The 'Secret o the Storta Country." This is a selec production,--and is now showing at tb Theatre, with Norma Talmadg' as -the deiightfiil little country..gir Tesa. "When the scene opens, he father, through the efforts ot: tb. local lawyer, has just been relensei from .prison, in which, he has beei wrongly'deteiueC. Her-Jiappine&s i; further added to by hey love for ; young student, who is home on lioli days. But this happiness is shorf lived. The student tells him mat ny mother insists that he should jaa-rr; an influential yoijng wotnan of hi; ow» set. Later, Tess's father and she Is left alone. To incie*s'e Ji« misery, £t is discovered that/she ii to become a mother, and she is bound ed from the churoh, ihe youns stud ent remaining aileav. throughout, an< ieaylng her utterly deserted. Tk< story is wondertully appealing, auc ends on a note of happiness, which it very unexpectedly achieved. Novmt Talmadge plays her part to perfection and the production is altogether i notable one.